the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
endurance; perseverance; patience
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
something like ...; something called ...
to become settled; to be fixed
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to trample down; to devastate
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on